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High School Jr. Recruiting Advice

Advice needed--Son H.S. Jr. 6' 2" 175lbs. RHP and OF playing for top knotch 16U summer team--is playing varsity 17-18u this fall--hit .410 over summer, had 2.63 E.R.A. walked only 1 batter in 20 or so innings with I believe 1 k or so per inning--very good control, composed--fastball is low 80s (hoping his maturity and strength training increase that # ). He is an excellent student 4.3 gpa honors and AP classes top 5% class took pre ACT that predicted 31 on ACT. He has gotten a lot of letters inviting him to camps which I believe to be nothing really. He was contacted by e-mail by a nice D1 school which is his 2nd choice in colleges today at 12:30am Sept.1--telling him they are interested in him (he played a tournament over summer there where he pitched a great game and hit well to). I know that his pitching will need to pickup some mph but he is thin and just starting to mature so it is reasonable to think he will. He throws 2-4 seam fb, changeup, curve, and recently a really good slider, and has thrown all consistently for strikes. I am worried without the mph he gets overlooked. PG rated him a 6.5 but that was 1 showcase that they did not play game in and had him throw 10 pitches last winter. Really can't afford these $600 showcases along with travel ball. Anyway is this e-mail considered legit interest or is it sent to hundreds or thousands of kids? (It wasn't sent to other kids on his summer team that played in the tournament). Thanks for any advice or help thru this process.
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